Old age is in the eye of the beholder
March 20th 2010 06:26
The youthful Kathryn Bigelow
Researchers from the University of Kent in the UK asked 40,000 people in 31 countries: "When does youth end and old age begin?"
We should warn now that the response may disturb some readers.
The answer is 35 and 58.
Youth ends at 35 and old age begins at 58?
Kathryn Bigelow is 58 and she looked positively, radiantly, energetically youthful as she collected her Oscar recently for best director. If she is old, then my name's Methuselah.
As we said, however, old age is in the eye of the beholder. It was the younger age groups who saw such early ends to youth and middle-age, and it got sillier the younger you got. Those aged 15 to 24 believed youth ended at 28 and old age set in at 54.
Poll respondents in their 80s, on the other hand, believed youth ended at 42 and old age began at 67. Listen to your elders, kiddies.
We would also like to point out to these youngsters the fact that in many countries the over-65s now outnumber the under-18s. So mind your manners or we'll show you what it means to be old and cranky.
story and image: dailymail.co.uk
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